Downtown Southern Pines
Broad Street in Southern Pines — independent bookstores, art galleries, great restaurants, and bars worth staying in. The downtown locals love and visitors underestimate.
Southern Pines is a different vibe from Pinehurst — less preserved, more lived-in. Broad Street is the main drag and it covers a lot of ground: independent bookstores, art galleries, antique shops, coffee, and enough bars and restaurants to fill a full evening without a plan.
The Country Bookshop is one of the best independent bookstores in North Carolina — worth a stop on its own. Campbell House Galleries shows serious contemporary art, not tourist prints. The Sunrise Theater is a restored 1920s movie house still showing current films. Walk it slowly, pop into what catches your eye.
Southern Pines rewards the people who get off the main road and actually spend time in it. It’s the kind of downtown that locals love and visitors underestimate.
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A quiet moment of preserved elegance that defines the village's gentle rhythm.
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Trade Craft Coffee Roasters
Veteran-owned small-batch roaster in Southern Pines
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The Wine Cellar
Quiet, well-curated wine bar in Southern Pines. The right way to end a day.
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Compass Cafe
Coffee, smoothies, and the only commercial rooftop patio in Southern Pines. Inside the Hot Asana building on Camelia Way.
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The Bell Tree Tavern
Veteran-owned tavern on Broad Street. Great bourbon list, dog-friendly patio, and live music on weekends.
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O’Donnell’s Pub
The late-night anchor of Southern Pines since 2000. Sixteen rotating taps, live music Saturdays, and open until 2am every night.
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The Sly Fox
British-style gastropub in Southern Pines. Guinness, shepherd's pie, poutine, and a dog-friendly patio with heat in the winter.
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